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Civil servant arrested for accepting RM100,000 bribe
KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): A civil servant was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) last Friday (April 22) on suspicion of soliciting and accepting bribe of about RM100,000.
According to a source, the man, in his 30s,…
Court sets case management of clerk’s appeal in ‘basikal lajak’ case for May 11
KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya has set May 11 for case management of an appeal by the female clerk who was sentenced to six years' jail and RM6,000 fine for reckless driving which resulted in the deaths of eight…
Clerk sentenced to 6 years’ jail over ‘basikal lajak’ case
PETALING JAYA: A female clerk has been sentenced to six years’ jail and fined RM6,000 by the High Court in Johor Bahru for reckless driving in connection with the deaths of eight teenagers on modified bicycles, or “basikal lajak”, five…
Nicky Liow pleads not guilty to RM36mil money laundering charges
SHAH ALAM: Former fugitive Nicky Liow pleaded not guilty in the sessions court here today to 26 counts of money laundering totalling RM36 million.
The 34-year old businessman, alleged to be the head of an organised criminal group, made the…
Zahid’s defence to be heard earlier on Wednesday
KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The defence testimony by Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is facing 47 criminal breach of trust, graft and money laundering charges in the High Court will happen earlier, namely on Wednesday (April…
High Court rules woman born to Hindu father was never a Muslim
SHAH ALAM: A 35-year-old woman, born to a Hindu father and a Buddhist mother who later embraced Islam, has obtained a declaration from the High Court that she was never a Muslim.
Judge Choo Kah Sing said Section 147 of the Selangor…
1MDB: Jury selection underway in ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng’s trial
NEW YORK: Jury selection began on Monday in the U.S. corruption trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping to launder hundreds of millions of dollars looted from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and bribing officials to…
21 individuals nabbed over submission of falsified company bank statements
ALOR STAR: A total of 21 individuals, including three women, have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to facilitate investigations into the submission of falsified company bank statements to a waste collection…
Federal Court to hear Rosmah’s final bid to remove prosecutor Sri Ram in March
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court will hear Rosmah Mansor’s final bid to remove lawyer Gopal Sri Ram as the ad hoc prosecutor in her corruption case and to nullify the trial on March 24
Deputy public prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn said the date was…
Jobless man spared gallows for cocaine trafficking
PUTRAJAYA: A 29-year-old jobless man today escaped the gallows for trafficking in almost 2kg of cocaine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) arrival hall five years ago.
The Court of Appeal instead sentenced Makkhen Singh to 16…